- Kazimieras Būga
Kazimieras Būga (
November 6 1879 –December 2 1924 ), was aLithuania n linguist andphilologist . He was a professor of linguistics, who mainly worked on theLithuanian language .He was born at Pažiegė, near
Dusetos , then part of theRussian Empire . Appointed as personal secretary to Lithuanian linguistKazimieras Jaunius he showed great interest in the subject, and during the period 1905-1912 studied atSaint Petersburg State University . After that, he continued his work on Indo-European language under the supervision ofJan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay . He later moved toKöningsberg to continue his studies under the direction ofAdalbert Bezzenberger . In 1914 he received a master's degree in linguistics.His research of Lithuanian personal names led him into the study of place-names. From these he was able to determine that the homeland of the Lithuanians and other Baltic peoples up to the 6th to 9th cents. CE had been just north of Ukraine in the area around the Pripet River. In addition, he studied the chronological sequence of Slavicloanword s in theBaltic languages .He also carried out a linguistic reconstruction of the names of the early princes of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania and refuted the theories of their Slavic origin. This became the main thrust for the concept of theAcademic Dictionary of Lithuanian (Didysis Lietuvių Kalbos Žodynas) in Lithuanian. He died inKönigsberg , and was buried inKaunas ,Lithuania .References
* Antanas Klimas (The University of Rochester), [http://www.lituanus.org/1981_4/81_4_01.htm Kazimieras Būga and the Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian] , Lituanus, Volume 27, No.4 - Winter 1981
* [http://www.spaudos.lt/Spauda/K_Buga.en.htm Kazimieras Būga] , from the Encyclopedia Lituanica I-VI, Boston, 1970-1978, published in the Lithuanian Word by theSeimas Commission on Traditions and Heritage of LituanisticsExternal links
* [http://www.lkz.lt/en/dze.htm Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian language on internet]
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